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Coordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, and clauses.

and, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet—these are the seven coordinating conjunctions.
To remember all seven, you might want to learn one of these acronyms: FANBOYS, YAFNOBS.

Directions: Complete each sentence below with the correct coordinating conjunction.

1. The bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup is hot ______________ scrumptious.

2. Tabby, my cat, loves taking Dbath, ______________ he hates getting his claws trimmed.

3. The picky toddler refuses to eat the egg roll, ______________ will he touch the bowl of fruity
yogurt.

4. Sabrina hates playing basketball, ______________ she can spend hours on watching basketball
games.

5. Vivian thought she had a good chance of winning the chess tournament, ______________ she has
been undefeated in all her games.

6. Sam is not the only genius in mathematics in her family, ______________ are her dad and older
brother Drew.

7. I have neither finished the amphibians report, ______________ I have started working on my
science presentation.

8. The neighbors complained about the loud music after 10.00 p.m, ______________ they continued
with the same behavior every night.

9. Xuie-Li won the States table tennis championship - ______________ that surprised no one who
knew him.

10. Aaron must comply to the classroom rules, ______________ he will have to face the consequences.

11. It was challenging to follow the no sugar diet, ______________ out of frustration, I went to the
bakery and ate six coconut cream cupcakes and two cinnamon rolls.

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